Ewha Birth and Growth Study (Birth Cohort)

• Conditions: Pediatric Health

• Registration Number: NCT03351595
• Lead Sponsor: Ewha Womans University

Brief Summary

Ongoing longitudinal birth cohort established at Mok-dong Hospital, Ewha Woman's University, Seoul, South Korea, between 2001 and 2006.

Detailed Description

Cohort composed of mothers, who visited to prenatal care between 24 and 28 weeks of gestation, between 2001 and 2006. After the child was born then, we collected information at birth outcome and conducted mail surveys at 6, 12, 18, and 24 months. Regular check-up was conducted at 3, 5, and every year after 7 years of age(last check up point: 15 years old). In check-up survey, after an 8-hour overnight fast, blood and urine samples (3 ml EDTA-blood and 5 ml serum) were obtained from subjects by venepuncture. following parameters were checked: physical growth, blood pressure. metabolic biomarker(Total cholesterol, HDl-cholesterol, TG(triglyceride), glucose, uric acid, etc.), K-CBCL(Korea-child behavior checklist), 24 hour recall method for nutrition, FFQ(Food Frequency Questionnaire), Questionnaires including Socio-economic status and physical activity.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2001-09
• Primary Completion: 2017-07
• Study First Submitted: 2017-10-18
• Status Verified: 2017-11
• Study First Submitted QC: 2017-11-21
• Last Update Submitted: 2017-11-23
• Study First Posted: 2017-11-24
• Last Update Posted: 2017-11-27
• Study Completion: 2020-07

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 734

Inclusion Criteria

• Participants' mothers, who visited to prenatal care between 24 and 28 weeks of gestation.
• An individual who can be followed up during the study period and is capable of complying with the study requirements

Exclusion Criteria

• An individual thought to have difficulty participating in the study due to other reasons, based on the judgment of the investigator

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Profile of participants received regular medical check-up and result feed back for growth development	365days	Changes from baseline in physical growth using anthropometric measurement

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Profile of participants received blood pressure measurement for pediatric hypertension	365days	Changes from baseline in average blood pressure(mmHg, diastolic and systolic) as above the 95th percentile adjusted for sex, age, and height percentile